TNS-01189 the listener could not authenticate the user lsnrctl

Error:

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on 15-MAY-2013 04:56:27
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Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=servername)(PORT=1522)))
TNS-01189: The listener could not authenticate the user

Analysis:

This happened after the oracle home was cloned.

The listener is still using the old server in the listener.ora. The fix is to update the server name in the listener.ora of new server to have the values of the  new server name.